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Présentation d'un écosystème dédié au développement du serious game (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Journée d’études sur le Serious Game 7 décembre, MSH Paris Nord Labex ICCA (Industries de la Culture et Création Artistique)   Dans le cadre du groupe de recherche sur le Serious Game du Labex Industries Culturelles et Création Artistique (ICCA), cette journée d’études vise à présenter et discuter des approches théoriques et méthodologiques en se penchant à la fois sur le sec [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Jeu vidéo, Formation, Marché, Industries culturelles

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Learning Game 2.0: support for game modding as a learning activity (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract:  When we talk about video game, we observe that people who modified it are those who best knows its content. Thus we can consider game modifications as a way of knowledge appropriation. In this paper, we apply this model to learning games, positioning the research project in a Web 2.0 approach. If the content of a game can be learned by playing it, it can be more deeply understood by making this game evolving. The Web 2.0 is not defined by its technologies, but by the way of using [...]

Mots-clés : Modding, Game development kits, Learning game 2.0, Collaborative learning

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Video Gaming for STEM Education (Diffusion de nos travaux)

ABSTRACT  The focus of this chapter is how video games can be utilized for instructional purposes, specifically in the STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Gaming, as an instructional tool, enables educators to create participatory learning activities, assess understanding of complex and ill-formed situations, facilitate critical thinking and problem solving capabilities, and ensure active engagement across the learning continuum for all students. How to use it ef [...]

Mots-clés : Video games, Learning

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Navigational techniques to improve usability and user experience in RPG games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract:This paper presents the design and implementation of a mini map navigation system into an RPG Action Adventure game created using Unity3D game engine with the goal of improving the usability and user experience. The main aim of this work is to find out how a mini map navigation system can be beneficial to the end user and improve the over game play of a video game. The mini map can help reducing the user frustration, as well as aiding story progression so that it keeps the user immersed [...]

Mots-clés : Jeux, Navigation, Prototypes, Utilisabilité, Animation, Caméras, Computers, Ordinateurs

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Measuring distributed affect in collaborative games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

The ability to engage children in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields early in their scholastic years is critical to ensure the success of the next generation of scientists and engineers. Given that 97% of American teens play video games, there is a tremendous opportunity to engage students in STEM concepts within the framework of a multi-player game. Research has shown that eliciting emotional and affective responses in players can actively increase engagement, learning, an [...]

Mots-clés : Mathématiques, Games

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Conception de jeux thérapeutiques pour seniors: l'exemple du village aux oiseaux (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract—Dans cet article, nous présentons la méthode que nous avons suivie lors de la conception du jeu sérieux thérapeutique (Serious Game) "Le Village aux Oiseaux". Ce jeu a pour objectif de stimuler l’attention de patients présentant les premiers symptômes de la maladie Alzheimer, en s’appuyant sur un gameplay de jeu de tir en vue subjective. Notre démarche porte sur l’adaptation, pour une cible senior, de ce t [...]

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Designing Therapeutic Games for Seniors: Case Study of "Le Village aux Oiseaux" (Diffusion de nos travaux)

In this paper, we describe the method we used to design the therapeutic game called Le Village aux Oiseaux, a first person shooter aiming to stimulate the attention network of seniors suffering from the Alzheimer's disease. One of the main issues we had to deal with was how to adapt games designed for adolescents and young adults, to seniors. A lack of studies and game design guidelines, as well as a lack of data on what seniors enjoy while playing made this design more complicated and, thus, in [...]

Mots-clés : Therapeutic game, games design, usability, Evaluation, Méthodes, Serious Game, Elderly

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Fun house ludus loci and the American home as folly (Diffusion de nos travaux)

ABSRACT  While play marks both the cultural and pre-cultural spheres of human existence, the environmental design disciplines have almost exclusively compartmentalized the notions of play and fun into categories of leisure and children’s playgrounds. The rhetorics of environmental design, to date, have ignored, or at best marginalized, the possibility of play outside of recreational and commercial contexts. Still, we have abundant examples of playful architecture and fun places that s [...]

Mots-clés : Design, Architecture, Fun architecture, Game

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A Serious Game for Incidence Response Education and Training (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract:A critical incident at any institution may include bomb threats, assault, bio-hazardous spills, civil disobedience, electrical outage, fire or explosion, gas leak, natural disasters, infectious diseases, and terrorist threats. Although many employees know of this type of situation, most are not properly trained with respect to how to react when a critical incident occurs, nor do they understand lockdown procedures. Serious games refer to video games that are used for training, advertisi [...]

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How to Analyse Therapeutic Games: The Player / Game / Therapy Model (Diffusion de nos travaux)

In this paper, we present a new model to analyse therapeutic games. The goal of the model is to describe and analyse the relations between the three aspects of a therapeutic game: the player, the game, and the therapy. The model is intended to game designers. It is a tool to improve the communication between health experts and game designers, and to evaluate the game design coherency of therapeutic games. It also helps to analyse existing games to discover relevant features. The model is built w [...]

Mots-clés : Video games, Evaluation, Analysis, Model, Game design, Serious games, Therapeutic

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